Tyrants tend to hate educators, journalists, scientists, college students, and artists for a reason. It's difficult for them to DICTATE and CONTROL their words, acts and purpose.
Foreign students who dare to condemn Netanyahu's brutality risk being imprisoned and deported for speaking their conscience. Foreigners' phones are being checked by Immigration officers for anti-trump messages.
Universities, law firms, news outlets, and networks are under attack from Trump, with several bending the knee to his blackmail and threats. This needs to stop NOW.
Actors and musicians are also regular targets for Trump, but they’re not as easily intimidated by the Fascist Felon. They're not as dependent on corporate sponsors and business connections, and have the independence of their professions to allow them to get under his orange skin.
Kudos to artists like Meryl Streep, Robert De Nero, Taylor Swift, and Bruce Springsteen for having the integrity and courage to speak out against the Criminal President.
If he is ever empowered to persecute and imprison them, he would most certainly do so. Thankfully, the US hasn’t entered this advanced stage of fascism at this point.
As if we need to learn yet another lesson from history, Harvard is showing America how to resist Trump’s fascism.
It’s past time for all corporate news media to take a similar stand.
Meanwhile artists are among the few who can publicly call out Trump without fear of retribution.
Before it was pulled for being too “political”, I responded to a thread in a music forum titled, “Please Artists, Leave your political BS at home”.
Yes, someone got upset at a concert where the performer actually expressed an opinion.
The person posted, "Not saying an artist, can’t have their opinions, but please I don’t need to hear it at your shows.”
Has he not heard John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance" or U2's "Sunday, Bloody Sunday", among countless other political songs? (Lennon's "Working Class Hero" and "Gimme Some Truth" are still my favorites.)
So, of course I had to toss in my two cents:
Generally,
the more a politician or leader attacks or suppresses artists, the more I side
with the artist.
Mercifully,
every country isn't like Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and other
dictatorships.
Free
expression is a core value of democracy and vital to freedom.
Politics
and aesthetics are part of the human experience.
If
it demonizes others and incites violence and bigotry, it's not really art or
politics. It's hate veiled as art and politics.
Some
people would hate John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Lenny Bruce, George Carlin
and even the Chicks, and others would detest Kid Rock and Ted Nugent for what
they say on stage.
We
are free to examine and judge what they say, and also free to reject or embrace
those beliefs.
We still have a First Amendment in the US, if we can keep it...
So, yes. Let artists voice their opinions. We can be grateful most of them aren’t as ignorant, hateful, and dishonest as Kid Rock and Ted Nugent.
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“HOW MUCH DID KAMALA HARRIS PAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS POOR PERFORMANCE DURING HER CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT? WHY DID HE ACCEPT THAT MONEY IF HE IS SUCH A FAN OF HERS? ISN’T THAT A MAJOR AND ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION? WHAT ABOUT BEYONCÉ? …AND HOW MUCH WENT TO OPRAH, AND BONO???”
“I
am going to call for a major investigation into this matter. Candidates aren’t
allowed to pay for ENDORSEMENTS, which is what Kamala did, under the guise of
paying for entertainment. In addition, this was a very expensive and desperate
effort to artificially build up her sparse crowds. IT’S NOT LEGAL! For these
unpatriotic ‘entertainers,’ this was just a CORRUPT & UNLAWFUL way to
capitalize on a broken system. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!”
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NO TRUMP SHOULD NOT CALL OFF ANY INVESTIGATIONS ABOUT JOE BIDEN. BECAUSE HE IS SICK ABSOLUTELY NOT!
Yes Dave... As you posted "We can be grateful" people and entertainers such as Kid Rock and Ted Nugent, with whom many disagree, can voice their opinions without fear of government retribution.
Just as we should all be grateful people like Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift et al, can voice their opinions as well, even if many disagree with them.
It's America and last I checked, that means we still have a 1st Amendment, whether we like that speech or not. And that 1st Amendment guarantees that right, free from the fear of government retribution.
Trump Worshiper,
No doubt your wellspring of accurate information and Christian compassion are at the same level.
Investigations of what crime? You brave fascists dearly love kicking people when they are down, don't you?
Apparently you forgot Trump's corrupt Supreme Court justices invented "presidential immunity" for Trump to escape justice.
But now that it applies to Biden, your panties are in a wad. Enjoy your derangement.
Dave,
And as we have seen, just as he despises journalists and our free press, Trump HATES it when celebrities condemn, mock or disagree with him.
He is the ultimate challenge to, and resiliency test of, the separation of powers and our First Amendment. This is the hill our democratic republic will stand or die on.
Trump is steadily and aggressively working to whittle away at all of our Constitutional freedoms. He has obviously had small successes and I expect more successes for the Orange Tyrant due to his corrupt appointments to the court.
We are very thankful for the public figures, regardless their vocation, who are willing to speak out and speak truth to power.
The more and the louder the better. For that is what will ultimately be responsible for saving this democratic republic if anything is going to.
Les,
Mother Jones reminds us of just a few of Trump's abuses of our rule of law and the Constitution.
The Trump administration’s violations of court orders, the law, and our constitutional rights have been astounding.
Since taking office, the administration has
• stated it is “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus, which protects people from being imprisoned illegally;
• unlawfully authorized ICE agents to enter and search homes without a warrant under the Alien Enemies Act, violating due process and privacy rights;
• defied the Supreme Court’s order to facilitate bringing home Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a wrongfully deported man;
• claimed it did not know whether all persons in the U.S. are entitled to due process; and
• hinted that it will imprison American citizens in foreign prisons, an unprecedented and profound violation of constitutional rights.
Dave... if the admin is "actively looking at the suspension of habeas corpus" as they've stated, perhaps they first need to learn what it is...
Habeas corpus for normal, educated people who read the US Constitution means... "the right to appear in court and have a judge determine if your detention is lawful. It's a legal procedure that protects against unlawful imprisonment and allows individuals to challenge their detention."
It is a foundational principle in US law.
However, Director of US Homeland Security Kristi Noem understands and defines habeas corpus as such... "Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country."
This is why we can't have nice things anymore in the US. Because we've got people here who elect leaders who don't know the basics of US law.
And worse, don't care.
Noem's statement is 100% false. Wrong. Uninformed. Juvenile. Stupid. Yet people like your first commenter persist. Why?
Probably because they failed that old high school civics class back in the day.
Some activist Democrat judges are completely out of order !
They think they can overrule a duly elected president from carrying out his executive orders.
They are delusional & narcissistic egomaniacs .
Only a democrat judge can be so partisan & brainwashed!
The justice department should throw these corrupt bought & paid for judges off the bench & forever disbar them !
When Biden fired thousands of police & military personnel & other government employees for not taking the vaccine, not one judge opposed it ! Now that President Trump & Musk are exposing fraud, waste & abuse & firing corrupt employees & stopping them from stealing, these corrupt judges intervene to say it is illegal.
Now that illegal immigrant gang members , rapists & killers are being deported, some judges are ruling to stop the deportations ! Now that foreign terrorist sympathizers & antisemites are being exposed on college campuses & in violent protests the judges come out ito stop the exposure & deportations ! These are fraudster crooks in judges robes !
The hypocrisy is never ending with democrats whether they be politicians, activists,senators or president or vice president or judges or news media !
They have no shame at all.
Dave,
The criminal regime of Donald Trump doesn't give a damn about the Constitution and rule of law. They want to be a dictatorship.
Your words happen to ring true about our hysterical MAGA MAN.
Let's examine his low-information diatribe.
"Democrat judges are completely out of order! They think they can overrule a duly elected president from carrying out his executive orders."
He seems totally IGNORANT of who ordered Trump to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia. He just BELIEVES Trump's word is gospel when he falsely accused Garcia of being a terrorist and gang member. I'm sure he fell for Trump's photoshopped "MS13" tattoo that doesn't show up on any photo of Garcia.
To his incurious and low functioning brain, his malevolent mendacious messiah's words ring true:
“Just remember, what you are seeing and what you are reading
is not what's happening.” – Donald Trump
Does he even understand he's talking about the same radical right Supreme Court Justices that fabricated "presidential immunity" out of empty space to free Trump from legal accountability? There's your actual case for "partisan & brainwashed" judges!
We also know damn well he's utterly incapable of citing specific acts of "fraud, waste & abuse" by those fired employees. They are indoctrinated to HATE government employees and their fascist nature finds a gleeful delight in punishing people they hate.
The same goes for universities, the press, and scientific/medical researchers.
MAGA dupes are too STUPID to understand why a civil society needs these institutions to be independent of the cruel whims of political tyrants.
But his cult sees Trump as all-knowing, wise, and honest. How's that for delusional?
Funny how it turns out that MAGA MAN himself is delusional, partisan & brainwashed by narcissistic egomaniacs .
Dave... I continue to wait for someone, anyone who favors Trump or the MAGA view to come and make a sane, rational, cogent argument for, or a positive defense of even one of Trump's main policies.
Just one.
But it seems as if that level of sanity does not exist within this level of MAGA.
Just a sane argument. No snark, no name calling, just facts.
Dave... as we think about free speech, what should we do about this type of speech from a fellow blogger?
"I saw on my TV in the 2020 election that Biden was brain impaired and MSM and Fox shielded him. I also could tell he was drugged up during debates and media events. I watch the 2020 election night and saw it was stolen as the counting stopped at the same time across the country with Trump ahead and a few hours later counting restarted across the country with Biden ahead."
It's 100% false and tears at the fabric of America. Nothing the blogger wrote is true, accurate or can be proven. Yet there it is, stated as fact.
Dave,
All we can do is call out their ignorance, hate, and lies, knowing damn well facts fall on their deaf ears.
The MAGA Cult doesn't want to talk about policies. That's for informed rational people.
All they care about is "mass deportation" and punishing people they're indoctrinated to hate. No thinking required. Just unquestioning and unexamined BELIEF in their malevolent mendacious messiah.
His every word is their gospel.
That's really all that matters to them.
Wait for it. Hidden in the big "beautiful" bill is a section, if not removed before passage, will essentially strip the courts, including SCOTUS, of stopping tRump from doing whatever the hell he wants. Thus moving us a leap closer to full dictatorship by a narcissistic moron.
Full blown fascist rule may very well be just around the corner.
Les,
Trump was given unconstitutional immunity by his authoritarian corrupt Supreme Court Justices.
Now he has no reason to follow the law or any court decision. The Roberts Court created an American dictator.
Yup. And the section of the BBB referenced will simply accelerate the flowing of political and governing sewage created by tRump and ultimately blessed by the Rober's Court.
Today, on this Memorial Day we pause to Honor the Brave Men and Women of the United States Armed Forces who made the Ultimate Sacrifice in defense of our Nation..
We pay tribute to those who laid down their lives so that others may live in freedom and security.
We remember their courage.. We honor their sacrifice.. And we will never forget.
And we do not do this to Honor the Anniversary of George Floyd. as some may say, including the "GUY" ABOVE!
Fake Canadian and MAGA Liar,
If you really are Canadian, today is NOT your Memorial Day. Canada commemorates military sacrifices primarily on Remembrance Day, which is held annually on November 11th. In Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Day (July 1st) is also a Memorial Day.
Today is also NOT the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. That was yesterday. Nobody is here to "Honor the Anniversary of George Floyd", but you have to LIE about that just to demonstrate your obvious racism and American White Nationalism.
One more thing. Canadians don't use the spelling of "honor" as you did. They spell it "honour". So, obviously you have NONE, no matter how you spell it.
What made you so STUPID to think you can fool anyone but other poorly educated MAGAts?
No stupid answer is expected, of course.
ShockedCanadian is a floater who floats like a turd in the sewage that clogs blogistan and the minds of the residents of MAGAstain USA, tRump's anti reality network of MAGAts.
Dave... is MAGAts Make America Great Again trump supporters?
Dave,
I could be, but the singular is still MAGAt, with apologies to fly larvae.
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